The mechanics of the contact between deformable bodies, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1975 Proceedings of the symposium of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) Enschede, Netherlands, 20–23 August 1974

A recommendation to hold a symposium on contact problems in mechanics, sponsored by the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM), was made by the Engineering Mechanics Group of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology. In order to outline the scope of the Symposium and select the place and date IUTAM appointed a Study-group of seven members in 1971. Following an interchange of views between these members the Study-group proposed to IUTAM to organise an International Symposium on the Mechanics of the Contact between Deformable Bodies on August 20-23, 1974, at Twente University of Technology, Netherlands, with a number of participants restricted to about 60, the outline of scope being as follows: Theoretical and fundamental experimental studies on the mechanical aspects of the contact between solid bodies: solid surfaces, area of contact, mechanics of friction in the broadest sense. Mathematical analysis of the normal contact and tangential contact (pure sliding, steady and unsteady rolling) between two (elastically, plastically and viscoelastically) deformable solid bodies on the basis of simplified models of the contact mechanism. Problems involving hydrodynamic lubrication as the main phenomenon should be excluded. IUTAM accepted this proposal and appointed in December, 1972, a scientific committee consisting of the following members: N. H. Arutjunjan (USSR), H. Buffer (BRD), L. E. Goodman (USA), A. Ju. ISIinskij (USSR), K. L. Johnson (UK), W. Nowacki (Poland), A. D. de Pater (Chairman, Netherlands) and D. Tabor (UK). Their main duty was the selection of lecturers and other participants.

Aspects of contact mechanics.- Non-Hertzian contact of elastic spheres.- Signorini’s problem in viscoelasticity.- Properties of elastic bodies in contact.- Similarity considerations for contact between dissimilar elastic bodies.- Consideration of the theory of cracks from the point of view of contact problems of the theory of elasticity.- Certain asymmetrical contact problems for a half-space.- Unbonded contact between a circular plate and an elastic foundation.- On the two-dimensional contact problem of a rigid cylinder, pressed between two elastic layers.- Influence of an elastic layer on the tangential compliance of bodies in contact.- Small scale plastic flow associated with rolling.- Heat effects in rolling contact.- Thermoelastic contact problems.- An axisymmetric contact patch configuration for two slabs in frictionally heated contact.- Dynamic contact stresses produced by impact in elastic plates of finite thickness.- Transition of collision contact force between a visco- elastic half-space and a flat-headed rigid body.- Impact on a worn surface.- The normal contact of arbitrarily shaped multilayered elastic bodies.- Contact stresses for multiply-connected regions — the case of pitted spheres.- Stylus profilometry and the analysis of the contact of rough surfaces.- The interaction and lubrication of rough surfaces.- Contact of rough surfaces of work- hardening materials.- Factors influencing the real trend of the coefficient of friction of two elastic bodies rolling over each other in the presence of dry friction.- The frictional contact of rubber.- Applications for contact theories in nuclear reactor technology.- Linearized contact vibration analysis.